STAMP ISSUES RELATED TO ICAO (1986-1993)

 

Barbuda : 40th Anniversary of the United Nations

 

Issue date: 12/08/1986

 

 

Aviation Pioneer Charles Lindbergh (1902‑1974); United Nations New York stamp issued on 12/06/1978 (25-cent Safety in the air).

BARBUDA MAIL overprint.

 

Stamp with upper margin.

First Day Cover (sent registered). The registered label at the left-side hides part of the cachet.

 

Background: The Antigua and Barbuda stamp, issued on 18/11/1985 (see at: Antigua and Barbuda: 40th Anniversary of the United Nations), was overprinted with BARBUDA MAIL.

In 1985, a five-nation (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Grenada Grenadines, Sierra Leone) omnibus series (i.e., multination stamp series sharing a common design or a common theme but the designs vary) was arranged by the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation of New York City (IGPC). Each postal administration released three stamps and a souvenir sheet to mark the 40th anniversary of the United Nations. The stamps featured a common format of portraits of famous personalities whose contributions have enriched the lives of people around the world. Also, each stamp was highlighted by the reproduction of earlier stamps issued by the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA), emphasizing some of the many activities carried out by the United Nations.

IGPC currently serves as the philatelic agency for more than 70 nations.

 

The ICAO stamp is part of an issue of 3 stamps and one souvenir sheet, whose details are given hereafter:

1.    40-cent stamp: Picture of Postmaster Benjamin Franklin; United Nations New York UPU 5-cent stamp (issued on 12 June 1953, stamp-on-stamp).

2.    1-dollar stamp: Picture of George Washington Carver, Agricultural Chemist; Nature conservation and protection 28-cent stamp (issued by the United Nations on 19 November 1982, stamp-on-stamp).

3.    3-dollars stamp: Aviation Pioneer Charles Lindbergh (1902‑1974); United Nations New York 25-cent stamp issued on 12 June 1978 (Safety in the air).

4.    Souvenir sheet: Picture of Marc Chagall, Artist; Marc Chagall’s stained-glass windows. In 1964, Marc Chagall received a commission to create a stained-glass window for the United Nations. The purpose of this window was to honour Dag Hammarskjöld, the UN’s second Secretary General who was killed together with 15 other people in a plane crash in Africa. When the window arrived at the United Nations, it was named The Peace Window. The window is predominantly blue in colour and full of whimsical figures and symbolism. Chagall’s aim was to express the ideals of peace and brotherhood, for which the United Nations was founded. The Chagall Peace Window is located in the western side of the UN public lobby.